Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir

Chapter 86: A Second Talk With Dorothy (1)

The phone rang several times before someone picked it up. "Who's this?"

Johnny didn't really expect Dorothy to actually pick up the phone. Why wasn't she more on guard? Didn't her phone tell her it was from an unknown number? Well, it didn't really matter. He couldn't use the excuse that Dorothy didn't answer to deter Katherine. Now that Dorothy was on the phone, he handed it over to Katherine, who took the phone from him.

As she placed it against her ear, she said, "Dorothy, it's me."

Since he was so close, he could hear Dorothy say, "Katherine, why are you calling me from an unknown number? Did something happen? Do you need help?"

"No, I just borrowed this phone so I could talk to you," Katherine said.

"Okay?" Dorothy said uncertainly before asking, "What do you want to talk about?"

"I wanted to talk about Johnny becoming the Burns family head," Katherine said.

As soon as his name was mentioned, Johnny choked on his spit. Several thoughts crossed his mind. The most prominent was whe